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I found that at least some material used to fill the valley during the construction of Sheffield’s central railway station, and channelling of the Sheaf River which now runs below, was brought in from Leeds, probably along the railway. This was evidenced by a large cache of raw materials and unfinished pipes from a Leeds clay pipe maker c.1855 (ASWYAS Sheaf Square excavations, mid 2000s). Cheers, Dan From: Discussion List for Contemporary and Historical Archaeology [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Robert Sutton Sent: 19 May 2016 13:15 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: 1860s metropolitan line construction - where did the spoil go? To re-hash one of the greatest jokes ever told...."they dug another hole and put the soil in there". Bertie ________________________________ From: Cassie Newland <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> To: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Sent: Thursday, 19 May 2016, 11:10 Subject: Re: 1860s metropolitan line construction - where did the spoil go? Christian Woolmar wrote that the spoil from the picadilly line was used to make up the terraces at Chelsea's Stamford Bridge stadium. I imagine a great deal of the earlier spoil went towards the marsh reclamation and dock building projects in the east end (but have no references). bristol sold it's WWII rubble to the US to build up manhattan! cass On Thursday, 19 May 2016, 10:21, Matt Edgeworth <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote: Dear all Can anyone help me with this query. Digging trenches and tunnels for underground railway systems generates vast amounts of spoil, to be re-used on other infrastructure projects. Just look at all the material recently shipped down the Thames on barges to reclaim land and create mudflats at Wallasea Island in Essex. My question is, when the 'cut and cover' trenches were dug for the Metropolitan Line in the !860s, what happened to all the spoil? Was it used as fill for other civil engineering projects like the construction of the Thames Embankment? any help you could give, or pointers towards research already done on this, would be much appreciated Matt -------------------------- contemp-hist-arch is a list for news and events in contemporary and historical archaeology, and for announcements relating to the CHAT conference group. ------- For email subscription options see: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/archives/contemp-hist-arch.html ------- Visit the CHAT website for more information and for future meeting dates: http://www.contemp-hist-arch.ac.uk/ -------------------------- -------------------------- contemp-hist-arch is a list for news and events in contemporary and historical archaeology, and for announcements relating to the CHAT conference group. ------- For email subscription options see: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/archives/contemp-hist-arch.html ------- Visit the CHAT website for more information and for future meeting dates: http://www.contemp-hist-arch.ac.uk/ -------------------------- -------------------------- contemp-hist-arch is a list for news and events in contemporary and historical archaeology, and for announcements relating to the CHAT conference group. ------- For email subscription options see: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/archives/contemp-hist-arch.html ------- Visit the CHAT website for more information and for future meeting dates: http://www.contemp-hist-arch.ac.uk -------------------------- -------------------------- contemp-hist-arch is a list for news and events in contemporary and historical archaeology, and for announcements relating to the CHAT conference group. ------- For email subscription options see: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/archives/contemp-hist-arch.html ------- Visit the CHAT website for more information and for future meeting dates: http://www.contemp-hist-arch.ac.uk --------------------------